Bellwether
The award-winning author of Doomsday Book delivers her third book in a series of witty and imaginative short novels. Statistician Sandra Cochran's attempts to predict trends and fads in American society go nowhere, until she meets Bennet Knud, a chaos theory scientist who studies monkeys. Their...
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The award-winning author of Doomsday Book delivers her third book in a series of witty and imaginative short novels. Statistician Sandra Cochran's attempts to predict trends and fads in American society go nowhere, until she meets Bennet Knud, a chaos theory scientist who studies monkeys. Their collaboration produces hilarious results, but may eventually lead them to the breakthrough they've been seeking.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781433246289 (1433246287)
Publish date: February 1st 2009
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Edition language: English
I've just re-read Connie Willis' 1997 novella "Bellwether" and enjoyed it tremendously. I first read it about twenty years ago, when Chaos Theory was still relatively new to non-mathematicians like me, and what I remember most is how exciting I found the ideas around the relationship between chaos...
I've just re-read Connie Willis' 1997 novella "Bellwether" and enjoyed it tremendously.I first read it about twenty years ago, when Chaos Theory was still relatively new to non-mathematicians like me, and what I remember most is how exciting I found the ideas around the relationship between chaos an...
I've just re-read Connie Willis' 1997 novella "Bellwether" and enjoyed it tremendously.I first read it about twenty years ago, when Chaos Theory was still relatively new to non-mathematicians like me, and what I remember most is how exciting I found the ideas around the relationship between chaos an...
Haha! This book was a sheer delight to listen to. Willis builds subtle humor in the characters, the plot, and the setting. I often found myself nodding my head, thinking, ‘Yeah! That could totally happen!’ or “Yep, been there. Done that.” The characters were immediately relatable. Sandra Foster is c...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Each section starts with a description of the history behind a particular fad. The main character is a sociologist who is studying fads, trying to get to the bottom of what causes them. I hadn't realized the author was from Colorado, but it makes me irrationally h...
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